Broom-needle.



No- 739,023. PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

- E. D. PALMER.

BROOM NEEDLE.

APPLICATION IILED JAN. 17, 1903.

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UNiTED TATES I Patented September 15, 1903 PATENT Genres.

BROOM-NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 739,023, dated September 15, 1903. Application filedJanuary 1'7, 1903. Serial No. 189,43fi. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIs DAVID PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort,in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Needles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a needle particularly designed for sewing the material in the manufacture of brooms and brushes, said needle being of such construction as to admit of it passing through the material from right to left and left to right without necessitating the turning of the needle or without permitting the cord or thread to offer any resistance to the passage of the needle when coming be-.

tween the elements comprising the body of the'broom or brush. The needle is pointed at each end and is wide and comparatively thin and tapers from a middle point toward the extremities, so as to facilitate the entrance and passage of the needle through the material. The eye, constituting the vital feature of the invention, is located intermediate of the ends of the needle and at one edge thereof, whereby the cord or thread is caused to pass through the space separating the material as the needle passes therebetween without offering any resistance to the movement of the needle.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following description-and drawings hereto'attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broom- Fig. 2 is a side elevation, a portion being broken away to show more clearly the construction of the eye and the manner of threading the needle. Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the eye formed by means of a pin. to Fig. 3, showing the eye formed by pressing a portion of the needle inward. Fig. 5 is a Fig. 4 is a'view similar detail view showing the manner of using the needle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The needle 1 is pointed at each end and tapers from a middle point toward the extremities and is wide and comparatively thin. The sides of the needle are transversely convexed and the edges are somewhat blunt in order to prevent injury to the hand and to the material. The needle may be constructed of any material, metal being preferred. The eye of the needle is located intermediate of its points and at one edge and consists of a saw-cut 2, upwardly curved from a central point, and a projection 3, extended across the saw cut intermediate of the extremities thereof. The projection 3 may be a pin, as shown in Fig. 3, or may be formed by pressing portions of the needle inward, as indicated in Fig. 4. The thread or cord 4 is passed into the saw-cut 2 and around the projection 3 and occupies a position along one edge of the needle, so as to enter the space formed between the broom or brush material when passing the needle therethrough, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 5.

By locating the eye at one edge of the needle, so that the cord or thread may occupy a position substantially as stated, the sides of the needle are unobstructed throughout their length and the needle is adapted to pass readily through the broom or brush ma terial without the thread or cord ofiering the least resistance to its movement, as will be readily appreciated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. A flat needle of the character described, having 'a recess or groove extended inward from one edge thereof and aprojection located adjacent the said edge and extended across the recess or groove, whereby when the thread is wrapped about the projection same will'be disposed at oneedge of the needle.

2. A flat needle having a groove extended therein and upwardly andoutwardlyinclined from a central point and having a projection extended across said groove ata middle point across said groove intermediate of its ends for engagement with the thread or cord, substantially as set forth.

3. A broom-needle having opposite ends 5 pointed and tapered and comparatively wide and thin, the sides being transversely convexed, the eye of the needle being at one edge intermediate of the points and comprising a groove having its end portions oppo- IO sitely inclined, and a. projection extended for engagement with the thread or cord, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMIS DAVID PALMER.

Witnesses:

J. M. WILLMORE, JOHN R. CARR. 

